Report on Equality and Diversity and Inclusive Practice in Education

This report, focusing on Units 18 and 21, comprehensively addresses equality, diversity, and inclusive practice within an educational context. It begins by defining equality and diversity, identifying and explaining the nine protected characteristics, and emphasizing the importance of promoting these principles. The report then delves into the factors affecting learning, including financial and educational backgrounds, and analyzes the impact of different abilities on learning. Barriers to equality and diversity are examined, along with suggestions for removing these obstacles within an organization. The report also explores policy and regulatory frameworks, the role of working with other agencies, and ways to promote an inclusive learning environment. It outlines the author's responsibilities, analyzes methods to promote inclusion, and explains how to value individual learners. The report further examines the relationship between the author's role and other professionals, identifies referral points, and discusses strategies for liaison. A lesson plan is presented to demonstrate the promotion of equality and diversity, and the report concludes with a reflection on organizational culture and the impact of individual behaviors. The report emphasizes the importance of comprehensive practices to ensure fair treatment, welcome individual differences, and offer equal opportunities for all.

Equality and Diversity and
Inclusive Practice
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TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
A: Identify and explain the 9 categories with regards to equality...............................................4
B: Define diversity.......................................................................................................................6
C: Why is important to promote equality and diversity?..............................................................6
D: Analyse the ways to promote equality and value diversity.....................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
A: What are the factors affecting learning? Review their impact on learning............................7
B: Review the impact of the different abilities on learning.........................................................8
C: What are the barriers to equality and diversity? How are they relevant to your practice?.....8
D: Suggest what can be done to remove these barriers in your organisation..............................9
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
A. Policy and Regulatory Frameworks Relating to Equality and Diversity and Inclusive
Practice......................................................................................................................................10
B. What are the influences of the above on your organisational policies and own practice.......11
C: Explain how working with other agencies can promote diversity........................................11
D: Reflect on how the promotion of equality and diversity can protect learners from risk of
harm...........................................................................................................................................12
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................13
A: Why is it important to promote an inclusive learning environment.....................................13
B: Summarise your own role and responsibilities in promoting inclusion, equality and
diversity.....................................................................................................................................14
C: Analyse ways to promote inclusion.....................................................................................15
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D: Explain actions that can be taken to value individual learners and explain good practice in
providing individual learners with information.........................................................................16
TASK 5..........................................................................................................................................17
A: Explain the relationship between own role and the roles of other professionals involved in
inclusive practice.......................................................................................................................17
B: Identify the points of referral available to meet the individual needs of your learners........17
C: What are the strategies that you use to liaise with the professionals involved?...................17
TASK 6..........................................................................................................................................18
A. Demonstrate how you promote equality and diversity through a Lesson Plan....................18
B. Define organisational culture................................................................................................19
C. Give examples of how your own behaviours impacted negatively and positively on the
organisation culture...................................................................................................................19
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................20
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................22
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INTRODUCTION
Promotion of equality and diversity within an organisational entity can be effectively
undertaken if it gets accompanied with comprehensive practice. This approach duly ensure that
an individual get treated in without any discrimination (Gibson, 2015). In simple terms, with the
help of diversity individual’s differences can be effectively welcome. This is one of the most
important aspect with the help of which equal opportunity to all can be offered without
discriminated them on any basis. Further this has been identified that by promoting equality
equal opportunity for all can be ensured. With the help of this, accomplishment of goals as well
as objectives can be done in a best effective manner.
TASK 1
A: Identify and explain the 9 categories with regards to equality
Quality and diversity basically define as a term that is mainly used in provinces of United
Kingdom in order to justify and define human rights, equality and diversity as to determine
values to society. Equality and diversity basically aim towards promoting equality by providing
equal opportunity to individuals as to aid them to work in a workplace without being kept
discriminated. By being a trainee teacher it is essential for me to have formative knowledge of all
these categories. There are mainly 9 categories that are basically related to equality that are
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mainly getting observed in an organisational workplace structure. All the categories are further
being define below:
Age:
Age is define as how old a person is, since from their birth date. This has been duly
identified that individuals get discriminated according to their age (Alexiadou and Essex, 2016).
This has been evaluated that within an organisation women’s are mostly affected victims those
who get discriminated on their age number. Largely, within business organisation individuals are
not get treated as per their skills and talent
Gender:
Gender is being defined one of the most prominent factor on which individuals get
discriminated. This has been identified that in most of the workplace people face issue related to
their femininity and masculinity( Richards and Armstrong, 2016). In addition to this, this has
been determined that at most of the workplace structure individuals get business opportunity as
per according to their gender. For instance at the time of selecting sales executive sales manager
mainly provide first preference to male candidates.
Disability:
Disability is defined as a situation in which person is mentally or physically affected with
some form of problem that affect them to perform work as compare to other individuals.
Disability creates obstacles in front of them that further decrease their level of performance.
Religion:
Religion is belief of an individual towards God. This has been identified that, there are
numerous relations that are being followed by individual in this whole world. For example,
Muslim, Christianity, Hindu, Jewis etc.
Marriage:
Marriage is a legal relationship in which two person take vows to spend all of their life
with each other as a husband and wife.
Pregnancy and maternity:
Pregnancy is a situation in which a women expecting for a baby. While maternity is defined as a
time period in which woman is in her last month and are expecting to give birth. This is mainly a
situation in which women at workplace get consider less efficient as compared to other workers
and get discriminated.
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Gender reassignment:
It is defined as a procedure in which one gender convert or change them into other
gender.
Civil partnership:
This is a partnership or Union between two individual which is also have quite similarity
like marriage.
B: Define diversity
Diversity involves different types of thing with the help of an individual get promote towards
human rights as well as freedom (Peer and Reid, 2016). While promoting diversity in workplace
organization can effectively able to provide value to the individuals those who belong from
different background, nationality, skills, experience. I perform my work as trainee teacher
educational organisation which is a diverse place. Thus, it is essential for me to understand this
aspect. It has been identified that diversity effectively promotes higher productivity in an
organisational workplace structure. It also allow organisation to provide significant opportunities
to individuals who have wide area of knowledge and skills. Diversity at workplace and learning
institution can be duly seen in number ways, in classrooms it involve different students those
who belongs from different religion and culture. In context with organisational Culture by
implementing diversity organisation can make different caste, skills, experience and personality
of employees to perform their work together. It will not only increase their productivity level
efficiency but also make rise in their performance level. A employee see themselves not get
discriminated on any basis.
C: Why is important to promote equality and diversity?
Equality and diversity is most important aspect that allows individuals to learn in a less time
period. By conducting by work as a trainee teacher it is essential for me to promote equality as
well diversity in an educational organisation. There are different types of benefits that are
associated with equality and diversity. Some of the certain defined below:
Opportunities for progress:
The most important benefit of equality and Diversity is that it effectively promotes business
organisation to have opportunity for more progress (Syed and Ozbilgin, 2015). It has been
identified that diversity allows individuals to communicate with different individuals and
accomplish their business goals in a well defined and positive manner.
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Multi cultural society:
With the help of diversity individuals can make connections with people those who
belong from different culture. It not only helps them to formulate effective communication but
also lead them to make increase in knowledge related to culture
Promoting social integration:
Diversity in organisational structure effectively promotes social integration as organisation
by promoting diversity practices can make employees of different backgrounds and nationality to
perform their work in a collaborative manner that makes them more social towards each other.
D: Analyse the ways to promote equality and value diversity
Encouraging team working: Equality and diversity at workplace is the essential work.
This can be easily promoted by encouraging team work as when people work in team they gets
opportunity to communicate to one another which results in improvement of diversity at
workplace.
Creating opportunities for sharing and celebrating diversity: Another way of
promoting equality and diversity is creation of opportunities for sharing and celebrating. This
means that people are given more opportunities who work in team and supports sharing of work
with one another.
Working with community or specialist groups: Working specialist community or
group is seen as an effective way which Equality and diversity can be promoted in positive
manner. Here, individuals are expected to work in one specific group for some time so that their
knowledge on particular section can be improved in effectively.
TASK 2
A: What are the factors affecting learning? Review their impact on learning
Learning is mainly get influenced by different types of factors. I perform my task as a
trainee teacher it is important for me to promote equality as well diversity in an educational
organisation. Mentioned below some of the essential factors that influence learning is being
define:
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Financial background:
It has been determined that an individual financial background mainly influence their learning
(Thompson, 2016). This has been identified that, if a person is not having stable background
then they may face difficulties to acquire to new learning materials and take extra classes in
order to enhance their learning.
Gender:
Gender is one of the most essential factors that influence learning. This has been seen
that male are more inclined towards technology and they learn it in a quick time manner. While
on the other hand, it has been identified that Women’s are quite emotional and they tend towards
building healthy and positive relationship with employees. This will help organisation to retain
their employees for long period of time.
Educational background:
It has been identified and if an individual is not having adequate educational background
then they may face difficulties to learn new things in quick manner as they possess weak basic
skills.
B: Review the impact of the different abilities on learning
It has been evaluated that learning is having influence on wide range of abilities and it is
basically measured in the terms of visual awareness, analytical skills and skill development.
Thus, this has been determined that if the skills are not get executed in a well defined manner
then this may create obstacles in the process of effective learning and harm effectiveness of
learning in number of ways. I performing my job as a trainee teacher it is necessary for me to
promote equality as well diversity in an educational organisation as this will impact in diverse
manner of learning.
C: What are the barriers to equality and diversity? How are they relevant to your practice?
There are different factors that significantly have an influence upon equality and diversity
in a workplace organisation. It affects performance of an individual and company in an adverse
manner. Mentioned below there are some of the certain barriers that has been faced by an
organisation by promoting equality and diversity in their workplace structure:
Lack of employee involvement:
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Involvement of employees is one of the most prominent factors that influence adoption of
equality in diversity at workplace. As this has been identified that, if employees did not engage
themselves into activities then this may lead towards creating problem for them. In addition to
this, less participation of employees in the promotion of equality in diversity impact upon
organisational performance as involvement of less employees effect organization aim to promote
diversity in their organisational workplace in a significant manner.
Language and cultural differences:
This has been identified that if an organisation does not recruit candidates from different
culture and location then this may acts as a major barrier for entity in order to promote equality
and diversity. As organisational workplace structure have less efficiency of individual who
belong from different culture then it lead towards less chance for a company to move towards
diversity.
Lack of funding:
Funds are said to be one of the most essential factor that acts as a barrier in order to
promote equality and Diversity. As in order to implement equality and diversity in a workplace
of organisation need adequate funds. As to accomplish the operation of promoting diversity in
their organisational structure, company is required to make employees engaged into different
type of activities as to increase then knowledge up on diversity which requires huge amount of
funding.
D: Suggest what can be done to remove these barriers in your organisation
According to the above mentioned barriers it has been identified that all of them effect upon
working of an organisation and individual in a significant manner (Reindal, 2016). This has been
identified that Tesco top management by taking advantage of different types of activities in their
organisational workplace structure can effectively able to overcome the negative impact of these
barriers. Mentioned below some of the effect of strategies having define below:
Responding to feedback:
In order to overcome the barriers in a well defined manner it is essential for company to
undertake feedback from their employees on regular basis and resolve their issues. In addition
with this company is also required to encourage employees towards engaging themselves into the
activities that are conducted by organisation.
Working with community or specialist groups:
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This is one of the most effective measure through which company can overcome
diversity barriers. In this it is essential for top management to encourage their work force to work
with specialist or community groups. With the help of this, employees get a significant
opportunity to have understanding of culture of different team members. This will allow them to
significantly increase their level of knowledge.
Delegating or giving employees responsibility for own and others’ actions:
While delegation and providing responsibilities to employees for their own action allow
top management of Tesco to overcome the barrier of equality and diversity. As by delegating
responsibilities to each and every individual in organisational workplace structure create a sense
of responsibility among individual. This will lead them to perform their work in more efficient
manner and get to know about culture of different individuals.
TASK 3
A. Policy and Regulatory Frameworks Relating to Equality and Diversity and Inclusive Practice
Employment legislation and Code of Practice:
Different types of employment legislations are being developed by government that aim
towards ensuring rights of individuals those who perform their work in organisational workplace
structure. These legislations and code of practice effectively aim towards managing risk that is
related to health and safety of individuals within an organisational structure. In terms with code
of practice it is a formative guideline and rules that are effectively required to be abide by an
organisation. As I perform my work as a trainee teacher it is crucial for me to have essential
knowldege of law that are applied on learning. With the help of this company can effectively
able to maintain and develop standard of conduct that are applicable upon customers,
organization and employees. There are some certain codes of conduct as well as employment
legislations that are applied on organisational workplace structure and required to be properly
abide by an entity in order to ensure effective functioning. Some of the significant legislations
and code of conduct is being defined below:
Workplace Regulations:
Workplace regulations are associated with numerous form of factors that are applied to
workplace and health safety and welfare of individuals those who conduct their daily basis
functioning in a workplace structure. In accordance with United Kingdom government there are
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different types of regulations that having framed by them and are required to be abide by all
organisational entities those who are performing their operation in respective sector. In this it is
essential for entities to provide proper accommodation standards at their workplace. In addition
to this company are required to provide proper sanitary conveniences, temperature in indoor
workplace, washing facilities, traffic rules, and drinking water, facility for rest and to eat meals
in a well-defined manner.
Organisation policies and procedures:
There are different types of effective policies as well as procedures that are duly design in order
to evaluate influence of organisational decisions as per set actions. There are mainly defined as
well as specific methods that aim towards evaluating the daily basis operations effectiveness
(Jung, 2015). While on the other hand organisational policies are termed as a formative of set of
guidelines as well as practices that are applied in a workplace structure as to protect right of
employees, customers and organisation. In simple term these policies define those measures that
are permitted within in organisational workplace structure. By abiding all these measures
company can actually able to establish positive behaviour and can fulfil expectations of all
related individual in the with define manner.
B. What are the influences of the above on your organisational policies and own practice
Complaints procedures:
By implementing all above-mentioned procedure as well as legislations an organisation can
effectively able to resolve complaints of employees customers in a well defined and can further
able to manage them as to increase their overall work efficiency (Cooke, Sweeney and Noble,
2016). With the help of this they can effectively able to fulfil goals and objectives of
organisations while assuring more significant growth.
Recognising own roles and responsibilities:
By adopting necessary and essential relevant legislations as well as measures in
workplace structure company can effectively able to identify the roles and responsibilities. This
will allow them to gain more effective outcomes, as if on roles and responsibilities are
recognised in a well effective manner then it is essential to perform task in a significant time
manner.
Creating opportunities for sharing inclusive practice:
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There are different types of registrations and rules that are being frame by government and
are required to be implemented by organisation in their workplace structure. By adopting all the
significant legislations organisation can effectively able to increase productivity of employees an
can significantly able to increase their work efficiency in organisation in the most significant
manner. This will allow entity to provide more developmental opportunities through which
sharing of inclusive practices can be done in a well defined manner with effective in outcomes.
C: Explain how working with other agencies can promote diversity
By working with other business organisation and agencies such as marketing
communicators, organisation can effectively able to promote diversity and can serve large base
of customers in a best effective manner. In order to duly ensure effectiveness of this process
some certain points are required to be understand through which promotion of diversity can be
done in a best effective manner. Some of the measures are being define below:
Enabling students to access support agencies:
It is essential to enable the students to access support agencies. As this will allow them to lean
and understand working with other companies in a well effective manner (Abbas, Zafar and
Naz, 2016). In addition to this it also provide opportunities for students to gain knowledge for
more diversified aspects that effectively lead towards promoting diversity among them in a best
effective way.
Contact with employer's:
It has been analysed the person's characteristics and keep their message safe in order to
develop trust on them and also introduce with someone in their interesting subjects, therefore, it
promotes diversity.
Working with cultural or community groups:
It been identified that performing work with other individuals in same organisational
structure formulate strong relationship among them. This will not only increase collaboration but
also allow sharing of thoughts, ideas and views in a well effective manner that automatically
increase efficiency of performance but also helps in promoting diversity at workplace. Thus, it is
essential to allow students and individuals to work with each other. With the help of this cultural
diversification can be effectively promoted and influence of other norms and culture can be
ensured in a positive manner.
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